WASHINGTON, Nov. 7, 2018 /Standard
Newswire/ --
Judicial Watch announced today that it filed a Freedom of Information
Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Energy for all records of
communications relating to Michael Cohen and the application for a $5
billion federal loan guarantee for the Bellefonte Nuclear Power Plant (Judicial
Watch v. U.S. Department of Energy (No. 1:18-cv-02208)). Cohen, who was
reportedly offered a $10 million "success fee" and paid a monthly retainer
for his efforts on behalf of the Alabama nuclear-power project, never
registered as a federal lobbyist.

The suit was filed after the Department of Energy failed to respond to an
August 22, 2018, FOIA request for:

All records of communications between the Department of
Energy (DOE), including oral communications, and Michael Cohen relating
to the loan application for the Bellefonte Nuclear Power Plant.

All records of communications between the DOE and Michael
Cohen in relation...